How has the Licensing Act (2003) changed the epidemiology of assaults presenting to a Cambridgeshire emergency department? before and after study

European Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 351-356

  Peirce, Ben H ^a   Boyle, Adrian A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

alcohol; assault; epidemiology; licensing; policy; violence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; CHILD; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LAW; LICENSING; LICENSING ACT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC POLICY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80455164769     PISSN: 09699546     EISSN: 14735695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEJ.0b013e3283468ee0     Document Type: Article

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